A Methodology of Friendship: A review of Hongwei Bao’s Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi activism in Postsocialist China
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A Methodology of Friendship : A review of Hongwei Bao’s Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi activism in Postsocialist China. / Corlin, Mai.
In: Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 67, No. 14, 18.02.2020, p. 2075-2078.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research
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T1 - A Methodology of Friendship
T2 - A review of Hongwei Bao’s Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi activism in Postsocialist China
AU - Corlin, Mai
PY - 2020/2/18
Y1 - 2020/2/18
N2 - From a post-Marxist point of view, Hongwei Bao’s monograph on queer and gay opposition and subject formation in China presents a unique and well-researched glimpse into the circumstances under which queer political practices and activisms, gay mobilization and tongzhi claims for a right to a place in contemporary Chinese society are carried out. In the Maoist-era tongzhi referred to the ubiquitous “comrade,” but in postsocialist China it was reappropriated by Hong Kong activists and can now also refer to homosexuals or other sexual minorities. The monograph unfolds around themes of resistance and subjectivity through queer filmmaking, digital video activisms, diaries from conversion therapy, prefigurative politics, film festivals, mobilization, clash and friendship in contemporary China.
AB - From a post-Marxist point of view, Hongwei Bao’s monograph on queer and gay opposition and subject formation in China presents a unique and well-researched glimpse into the circumstances under which queer political practices and activisms, gay mobilization and tongzhi claims for a right to a place in contemporary Chinese society are carried out. In the Maoist-era tongzhi referred to the ubiquitous “comrade,” but in postsocialist China it was reappropriated by Hong Kong activists and can now also refer to homosexuals or other sexual minorities. The monograph unfolds around themes of resistance and subjectivity through queer filmmaking, digital video activisms, diaries from conversion therapy, prefigurative politics, film festivals, mobilization, clash and friendship in contemporary China.
U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2020.1721936
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2020.1721936
M3 - Literature review
VL - 67
SP - 2075
EP - 2078
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
SN - 0091-8369
IS - 14
ER -
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